F*CK U! In The Most Loving Way

Exhibition catalog for "F*CK U! In The Most Loving Way" created by the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art.

Cate White Christmas

Cate White Christmas Prison Visit Acrylic, house paint on wood panel 45 x 65 inches 2015 This painting depicts a photo from a Christmas visit a friend and I paid to a third friend doing time in a Louisiana prison. I stood between them for the photo as the woman usually does, acting as both focal point and placeholder. I am interested in what the naked female body provokes when its role or social position is unclear: Ally or object? Soldier or spoils of war? And who decides what her body “means?” Me or the viewer? As with most of my work, I am interested in confusing the language and symbols of power. 176